Newmark Grubb Knight Frank is a commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm founded in 1929. It entered into a transatlantic partnership with London-based Frank Knight in 2006 and since 2011, it operates as a subsidiary of BGC Partners, financial services company. BGC acquired Grubb & Ellis in 2012 and merged it with Newmark Knight Frank. The services it provides include brokerage of leasing and investment sales deals as well as property management. Its clients have included investment bank Morgan Stanley and advertising firm Havas.